David Airey, graphic designer

First steps to graphic design pricing

Published on October 8th, 2007 Read the 103 comments »

How much to charge a client is one of the most talked about topics in self-employment, and here I offer points to consider for designers setting their graphic design pricing.

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Archived under Business, Graphics.

Graphic design prize draw winners

Published on October 1st, 2007 Read the 49 comments »

It’s finally arrived, the month of my one year blog birthday, and in celebration, I’ve given away some fantastic prizes, kindly donated by a host of excellent blog authors.

The winners listed were drawn by Jamie, of Edinburgh computer servicesTerinea, using a random number generator. Thanks for your help, Jamie.

Here are the lucky winners.

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Archived under Blogs, Graphics, Personal.

$4,000 blog anniversary prize draw

Published on September 1st, 2007 Read the 131 comments »

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of my graphic design blog, I’m launching this bumper giveaway to thank you all. You’ve helped make this site what it is today and here are the fantastic prizes up for grabs.

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Archived under Blogs, Graphics, Personal.

Milton Glaser: Art is Work

Published on August 31st, 2007 Read the 12 comments »

Six minutes well-spent — Milton Glaser talking about art and design.

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Archived under Graphics.

The 5 hats of graphic designers

Published on August 16th, 2007 Read the 7 comments »

So if a novice can work their way around a photo manipulation or page layout program, why do designers still charge large sums for their services?

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Archived under Graphics.

How ethical are your design practices?

Published on August 6th, 2007 Read the 42 comments »

Do you work with a client whose product or values you don’t agree with? If, for example, you’re anti-smoking, would you take on Marlboro as a design client?

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How to effectively advertise musicians

Published on July 27th, 2007 Read the 15 comments »

How do you advertise an event that features some of the world’s finest musicians? Simple. With a stunning piece of visual artistry.

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Archived under Advertising, Graphics, Music.

Graphic Design as a Second Language

Published on July 25th, 2007 Read the 47 comments »

I’m regularly asked to recommend graphic design books. But you know more than I do, so here, my readers share some of their favourites in the blog post and in the comment thread.

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Archived under Books, Graphics.

How important are laws of design?

Published on July 11th, 2007 Read the 18 comments »

Designers have been creating laws and rules for as long as I’ve been learning, but just how important are they to you?

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Light drawing and light writing

Published on July 8th, 2007 Read the 32 comments »

Light-drawing and light-writing is getting a fair bit of attention lately. Take these two commercials (below) for Sprint (also seen on Marc Schiller’s blog). Quite creative don’t you think?

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Archived under Advertising, Art, Graphics, Photography.